Bob & Liz wrote: > <snipped> > At the ABF > convention in Austin,Texas I found most Texas beekeepers use the *kick the > hive test* . If bees boil out and are aggressive they requeen by dividing > the hive into three nucs and requeening with European queens. The beekeepers > logic was simple. If they are that aggressive they need requeening anyway. > DNA tests are ok but they involve time AND many as Barry says are > inconclusive. In my opinion DNA is best used after a aggressive hive has > been destroyed which has caused a stinging incident to see if AHB or only a > swarm of bad tempered European bees were the source of the problem. Bob/All: I guess we finally agree on something - if the colony stings or runs too much, it needs work. - Thanks, John Edwards, USDA-ARS BeeLab, Tucson, Arizona